Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dummy variable

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: dum-my -vari-able
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A binary variable that takes a value of 0 or 1 to indicate which category an individual falls into.

Inflected Forms

dummy variables (plural)

Synonyms

indicator variable

Questions

What does dummy variable mean?: A binary variable that takes a value of 0 or 1 to indicate which category an individual falls into.

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